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Brenda Elthon
Aug 08, 2023
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Dolly Dimples, born Celesta Geyer in 1901, grew up in a family that ate six times a day and fed her to sooth childhood temper tantrums.

By the time she was 20, Dolly weighed 400 pounds and she’d top out at 550 pounds in the coming years.

Her daily diet: five pounds of meat, four loaves of bread, two pounds of sugar (pastries) and a gallon of milk.

Dolly g…

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